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“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.”

“Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.”

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

“Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing; a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come...believe in them. They reflect your true nature.”

“If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.”

“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.”

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”

“To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.”

“Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.”

“The best things in life aren't things.”

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

“Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

“There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.”

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”

“Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.”